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horrified, and ambled away to Mr. Poole. " Oh 

 Mr. Poole, Captain Grant says Kitty has only 

 three legs." — " Quite right. Miss, if she had four 

 you would not be able to manage her." 



I have often thought since how true that 

 was, and what a clever riding master Mr. Poole 

 was. 



October 19th, 1880. 



Hounds met at Sutton, found in Potash; 

 went away to Shopland, turned over Warner's 

 Corner to Leigh, where the fox was shot in 

 front of the hounds. Very fast. 



I opened a bazaar exactly thirty-one years 

 after in the same spot where we ran that fox. 

 Who could have believed it possible in what 

 appears so short a time to look back upon, in- 

 stead of the fields and fences we crossed that 

 day, a town has sprung up. In my opening 

 speech I mentioned the run of thirty years ago, 

 but what seemed to impress the audience most 

 was the fox being shot in front of the hounds — 

 doubtless they thought what a lot of trouble it 

 saved. 



January loth, 1881. 



We found in Merrylands and ran with a 

 burning scent to Hadleigh. Only George Rae, 

 Charles Tabor and the two Bakers were in it. 

 Manly, much to Charles Tabor's annoyance, 

 got first to the only negotiable place in the 

 Hadleigh Brook, and his horse, not quite fancy- 



